Psalms 70
1 By David,
a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first
that were taken captive.
O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.
2 In thy righteousness deliver me and
rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me.
3 Be to me a protecting God, and a
strong hold to save me: for thou art my fortress and my refuge.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand
of the sinner, from the hand of the transgressor and unjust man.
5 For thou art my support, O Lord; O
Lord, thou art my hope from my youth.
6 On thee have I been stayed from the
womb: from the belly of my mother thou art my protector: of thee is my
aGr. hymn singing.praise continually.
7 I am become as it were a wonder to
many; but thou art my strong helper.
8 Let my mouth be filled with praise,
that I may hymn thy glory, and thy majesty all the
day. 9 Cast me not off at the time of
old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 For mine enemies have spoken
against me; and they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together,
11 saying, God has forsaken him:
persecute ye and take him; for there is none to deliver
him. 12 O
God, go not far from me, O my God, draw nigh to my help.
13 Let those that plot against my
soul be ashamed and utterly fail: let those that seek my hurt be clothed with
shame and dishonour.
14 But I will hope continually, and
will praise thee more and more. 15 My
mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly, and thy
salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs
of men. 16 I
will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I will make mention of thy
righteousness only. 17 O God, thou
hast taught me from my youth, and until now will I declare thy wonders;
18 even until I am old and advanced
in years. O God, forsake me not; until I shall have declared thine arm to all
the generation that is to come:
19 even thy power and thy
righteousness, O God, up to the highest
heavens, even the mighty works which thou hast done:
O God, who is like to thee?
20 What afflictions many and sore
hast thou shewed me! yet thou didst turn and quicken me, and broughtest me
again from the depths of the earth.
21 Thou didst multiply thy
righteousness, and didst turn and comfort me, and broughtest me again out of
the depths of the earth. 22 I will
also therefore give thanks to thee, O God,
because of thy truth, on an instrument of psalmody: I
will sing psalms to thee on the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall rejoice when I sing
to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 Moreover also my tongue shall
bLit. meditate.dwell all the day upon thy righteousness; when they shall be ashamed and
confounded that seek my hurt.